Lawtell Water Works District No 1, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Lawtell Water Works District No 1 at a glance
Lawtell Water Works District No 1 serves about 3,717 people through 1,239 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in St. Landry Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1097004; phone on file: 337-543-7635. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lawtell Water Works District No 1 is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Lawtell Water Works District No 1 compares
Of the 802 Louisiana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.72 ppb; 4 are over 15 ppb right now and 30 have gone over at some point. Lawtell Water Works District No 1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Louisiana and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in St. Landry Parish County
26 other systems share St. Landry Parish County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lawtell Water Works District No 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Opelousas Water System | 20,388 | 1 ppb |
| Lawco - Eunice Water System | 15,471 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Leonville Water System | 9,552 | 2.5 ppb |
| Lewisburg Bellevue Water System | 8,325 | 0 (not detected) |
| Savoy Swords Water System Inc | 7,326 | 2 ppb |
| Plaisance Water System | 6,465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prairie Ronde Water System Inc | 6,105 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Landry Water Works District 2 Rural | 4,761 | 0.92 ppb |
| Town Of Sunset Water System | 4,356 | 0.39 ppb |
| Town Of Port Barre Water System | 3,828 | 0.75 ppb |
Next steps for Lawtell, LA
Look up your address in Lawtell Water Works District No 1's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Lawtell Water Works District No 1 whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.